The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images An independent central bank is seen by most (including this newsletter) as the bedrock of a functional economy. Officials steer the economy by calibrating the benchmark interest rate on which bank loans…
Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson sees a meaningful rotation back into U.S. stocks, and he sees one beaten-up group as a winner. “It started out with a low-quality rally, which is what we expect – meaning a short squeeze,” the firm’s chief investment officer told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Monday. “Then, what we noticed is the…
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve in a closely watched decision Wednesday held the line on benchmark interest rates though still indicated that reductions are likely later in the year. Faced with pressing concerns over the impact tariffs will have on a slowing economy, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee kept its key borrowing rate targeted…
Japan’s national flag flutters at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on May 30, 2024. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s central bank on Wednesday kept its key policy rate steady at 0.5% in a unanimous vote, as the export-reliant country assesses the potential impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade…
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaks during the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business Monetary Policy Forum in New York, US, on Friday, March 7, 2025. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images NEW YORK — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that the central bank can wait to see…
Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 06, 2024 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday reiterated the central bank’s commitment to bringing inflation down and signaled that policymakers aren’t…
A television station on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange broadcasts Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaking after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Dec. 18, 2024. Michael Nagel | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open…
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, the third consecutive reduction and one that came with a cautionary tone about additional reductions in coming years. In a move widely anticipated by markets, the Federal Open Market Committee cut its overnight borrowing rate to a target…
The Japanese flag flutters over the Bank of Japan (BoJ) head office building (bottom) in Tokyo on April 27, 2022. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate steady at “around 0.25%” — the highest rate since 2008 — at the conclusion of a two-day meeting Friday. …
The U.S. Federal Reserve is on Wednesday heading for its first interest rate cut since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic — and despite the move being widely forecast, global investors are braced for impact. The Fed is behind a swathe of its central bank peers, including those in the euro zone, the U.K., Canada,…